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for example, there are 45 laws on the books and as rell but discriminate against christians and muslims precisely because they are christian and muslim and the jewish state and the israeli citizens who are jewish so they can to buy houses some place. i once had a discussion with a rabbi and i asked him if they run for office and you have one arab-israeli through is serving. but the question asked him which he didn't like at all is the jewish community in the united states, what is the same law firm that would be imposed on them in the united states but they like the san laws and he got very mad at me because of course they wouldn't like him. they can't buy houses where they want to. if they built a house that might be demolished or expropriated but basically because of the distinction between the national with citizen and the privileges are for the jewish. >> what is the taking of your book becoming american? >> they are hard to become american. the question is whether the society is whether to accept them and on what terms were and a sort of used to look good muslims as being except in
for example, there are 45 laws on the books and as rell but discriminate against christians and muslims precisely because they are christian and muslim and the jewish state and the israeli citizens who are jewish so they can to buy houses some place. i once had a discussion with a rabbi and i asked him if they run for office and you have one arab-israeli through is serving. but the question asked him which he didn't like at all is the jewish community in the united states, what is the same law...
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essentially father-in-law lent. it's simply bait for the ruse. and, yes, they consider all of you to be potential ruins. chapter five of the book describes republican tax policy as follows. quote: although you won't find it in this their party platform, the gop's mission is to protect and further enrich america's plutocracy. the party's cater walling about deficits and debt is so much eye wash the blind the public. in reality, republicans act as bellhops for corporate america and the super rich behind those corporations. in the calculus of washington politics as practiced by the gop, wealthy individuals and corporations are interchangeable. mitt romney may have said more than he knew when he pleaded that corporations are people. they are, indeed, people, a very select group of people in executive suites and boardrooms who draw wildly disproportionate shares of the benefits from the tax code, a tax code the gop has manipulated relentlessly to produce exactly that outcome. as for the rest of us, republicans have of late been strangely indifferent.
essentially father-in-law lent. it's simply bait for the ruse. and, yes, they consider all of you to be potential ruins. chapter five of the book describes republican tax policy as follows. quote: although you won't find it in this their party platform, the gop's mission is to protect and further enrich america's plutocracy. the party's cater walling about deficits and debt is so much eye wash the blind the public. in reality, republicans act as bellhops for corporate america and the super rich...
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sharia laws in the ground. so if somebody has to renounce, after an ounce as long. >> after september 11th the attitude towards moslem changed, or had that been building? >> starting to build. so we begin to have people testing about. did somebody who talks about the crash of civilization. a round of middle east talking about it. and it is a response from, for example, ron was talks about civilization did together, work together. but this urban this demand that they get so much september 11th as the propaganda that surrounded the war which was necessary. if you're going to energize american people to support the war had to have trillions of dollars poured into a war and thousands of american young people killed in the project. if to justify it somehow. so, you know, i'm not saying that they hate us. i'm not saying that the one to kill us. all i'm saying is the hype for the war generated a great deal of hostility. now it has more industry. so where people pour money into it. >> what about the phenomenon of suici
sharia laws in the ground. so if somebody has to renounce, after an ounce as long. >> after september 11th the attitude towards moslem changed, or had that been building? >> starting to build. so we begin to have people testing about. did somebody who talks about the crash of civilization. a round of middle east talking about it. and it is a response from, for example, ron was talks about civilization did together, work together. but this urban this demand that they get so much...
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he said it was my brother-in-law. and we used to go up to tripoli every couple of months to take in food and toiletries. the guards would say you can't see him, but leave the stuff here. we did that for 14 years before they told us he was dead. >> i cannot believe that. fourteen years. i have been in lots of countries that people disappear and people are tortured and terrible things happen. i have never been in a country where the regime actually keeps the families living in hope for 14 years when their relatives are long dead. that really haunted me and it actually haunts me still. this atrocity and the way the atrocity has been dealt with, was at the center of people's hatred of gaddafi. they have tried rising against him before, and they have failed. it was certainly tunisia and egypt which would trigger the things. it was this episode that had been in the people's hearts since 1996. it could never forgive him for that. >> the elements of gaddafi's brutality and repression. they are trademarks of many, if not all,
he said it was my brother-in-law. and we used to go up to tripoli every couple of months to take in food and toiletries. the guards would say you can't see him, but leave the stuff here. we did that for 14 years before they told us he was dead. >> i cannot believe that. fourteen years. i have been in lots of countries that people disappear and people are tortured and terrible things happen. i have never been in a country where the regime actually keeps the families living in hope for 14...
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government, even if you don't have a law, they could have standards for their vendors about surveyor for us on technology we need to know certain things about what you're doing and we are going to report that publicly. they could do that if they wanted to and that would have a huge affect so there's a lot that could be done that with at least shed light on what's happening. and while these companies are not consumer products - give the broad investor market come if the information is more regularly in "the wall street journal" which over the past year has begun to be what really wasn't, i think you might start to see a bit of a shift. islamic let me talk a little bit about the face of activism as we see it. it's been more fitting a lot, the sort of digital activism. it's sort of intertwined with the occupied movement and probably most of their movements from here out it seems to be like the fundamental part of the program but was also very much in evidence in congress but still the thing most people think about which is kind of lavina and does things against the law. because it is so
government, even if you don't have a law, they could have standards for their vendors about surveyor for us on technology we need to know certain things about what you're doing and we are going to report that publicly. they could do that if they wanted to and that would have a huge affect so there's a lot that could be done that with at least shed light on what's happening. and while these companies are not consumer products - give the broad investor market come if the information is more...
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understand that putting people into space has nothing to do with exploring the universe or learning the laws of nature. >> steven weinberg, nobel prize winner, qt professor, author of several books, including this one, "lake views: this world and the universe." this picture on the front of the book is his view of lake austin from his boat dock. he joins us here at the university of texas. >> thank you. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> this is a book tv on c-span2. currently we are the university of maryland, college park, maryland, hornbeck library and a katherine anne porter room here and we're talking with university of maryland professors who are also authors. and we are pleased to be joined by history professor jon sumida, who has written this book, "decoding clausewitz" -- "decoding clausewitz: a new approach to 'war'." professor sumida, it was carl von clausewitz? >> he was a prussian officer who fought against napoleon. he first went into action as a teenager in 1790s. later rose to be a midgrade officer, was present at
understand that putting people into space has nothing to do with exploring the universe or learning the laws of nature. >> steven weinberg, nobel prize winner, qt professor, author of several books, including this one, "lake views: this world and the universe." this picture on the front of the book is his view of lake austin from his boat dock. he joins us here at the university of texas. >> thank you. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction...
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after that period, the rule of law was applied a little bit more broadly and not necessarily for any other reason other than making sure there wouldn't be n new entrance to this kind ofw special club. >> host: in the western pressw during this crisis or uprising in syria, alepo was described as the commercial center of the country. why is that? tell us about that city. >> guest: for several hundred years, if not more, it was the meeting point between europe and asia and always developed a -- developed as a center of trade and commerce. that comet -- continued, of course, throughout the centuries throughout the 20th century and made it what it is in terms of its trade, in terms of its trade potential. now, also, it's a large city, not just a second city, it has been a place where many traders and manufacturers as well preferred either because it was historically quite vibrant or because it was far away from the center where they might have a bit more freedom, even though that margin of freedom was not wide. >> host: where are you from originally? >> guest: i'm lebanese, but my moth
after that period, the rule of law was applied a little bit more broadly and not necessarily for any other reason other than making sure there wouldn't be n new entrance to this kind ofw special club. >> host: in the western pressw during this crisis or uprising in syria, alepo was described as the commercial center of the country. why is that? tell us about that city. >> guest: for several hundred years, if not more, it was the meeting point between europe and asia and always...
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it is lawful access. it depends on the technology. >> is there a version -- there have been great fear is in other countries that windows comes with its own peak and -- >> in china -- [inaudible] >> it was hacked. there was a lot of software that has flaws in it that hackers exploiting to access other people's computers. but that is not the same as a backdoor. that is not something the u.s. government or some other government requires for the company deliberately built so that others could access user information. >> we could preserve the night -- deniability by exploit. >> not knowing the intent of the person writing the question it would be worth pointing out that a number of these companies even if they don't have back door that i can't think of a good example of one that does but a lot of companies don't have safeguards in place for how they deal with legal requests from other countries so obviously this is rebecca's area of expertise and goes back to why some of these protections are now being put in
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if you do have law-enforcement access how do you ensure that is not abused? this is the problem of democracy's struggle with. there is no model of democracy right now to get right. some countries have gotten some peace is better than others and you could cobble together the laws to say this is better but nobody has said here is the lot and regulation of combined this is what you need for digital infrastructure, corporate behavior that this democracy compatible. here is the model. i have not seen that anywhere. we need it desperately. >> is it possible to have censorship without violating human rights? >> that is a tough one. >> people argue it is not because it is possible to have the censorship because people don't know what to you are blocking. in theory if things were perfect, you could but even in europe and number of countries have censorship systems in place for child pornography. studies of our their mistakes of the sites ending up on the list? in most cases there is over blockage. people call it to collateral censorship. it is hired to do it complete
if you do have law-enforcement access how do you ensure that is not abused? this is the problem of democracy's struggle with. there is no model of democracy right now to get right. some countries have gotten some peace is better than others and you could cobble together the laws to say this is better but nobody has said here is the lot and regulation of combined this is what you need for digital infrastructure, corporate behavior that this democracy compatible. here is the model. i have not...
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flag was taken down in cairo and instead a black flag with -- there was only one god law and the mohamed is the messenger and this is scandalous in terms of we see all of the democratic reform and we want to believe we have seen all of this inspiring movement toward democratic reform and you have this. it's going to be all over the news. what would your response be to all of the things that are likely the palmic comments that are likely to come. if it's too much for you. how would you mitigate -- excuse me, sorry. mitigate between the freedom of the press, and freedom of religion and here i am confused by the guys. yeah. freedom of the press, and the respect of religion. the conflict in some ways that's going on in the middle east. >> there is one last -- yes? >> hi. my name is [inaudible] i'm a student another george washington university. i'm an exchange student from cairo, and my question is basically about, againing again being a practicing muslim woman in egypt, we saw the amazing like the revolution. we were there in the square. but two months after wards there was the women's righ
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they are violating the law is what they say about me and others, but then he pauses. this is a difficult job or so men matter. but given the choice between allowing people to speak freely or throwing them in jail, i choose the former. and the reason he said he could choose the former was because if everybody speaks long enough to truthful when. the truth will always overcome them with a list by that principle. secondly, even when there's difficulty, and so the strongest economy in the world and the others will continue to be. and so resilient and the strong economy, strong military and political buzz creation of processes and policies are more important now. and above all, we have the glue that holds us together. and when i really think about this and see the waves of immigrants that comes in this country and the speeches i tell two stories, click stories and all and honest about what it for americans to understand how we affect the rest of the world even though people are complaining about us, people wind up with all of our embassies in tomorrow morning the loss of t
they are violating the law is what they say about me and others, but then he pauses. this is a difficult job or so men matter. but given the choice between allowing people to speak freely or throwing them in jail, i choose the former. and the reason he said he could choose the former was because if everybody speaks long enough to truthful when. the truth will always overcome them with a list by that principle. secondly, even when there's difficulty, and so the strongest economy in the world and...
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after that period the rule of law was applied a little bit more broadly. not necessarily for any other reason, other than making sure that they would be no new entrants to this kind of special club. >> in the western press during this crisis or uprising in syria, it was always described as the commercial center of the country. tell us about that activity. >> for several hundred years, if not more, it was basically sort of the meeting point between europe and asia. and has always developed, was developed as a center of trade and commerce. that continued, of course throughout the centuries into the 20th century, and made it what it is in terms of its trade, in terms of its trade potential. now, it's also larger than the capital, damascus, not by much but it's a very large city. it's not just the second city. so has been a place where many traders and manufacturers as well preferred because it was historically quite a vibrant or because it was far away from the center where they might have a bit more freedom, even though that margin of freedom was not wide. >
after that period the rule of law was applied a little bit more broadly. not necessarily for any other reason, other than making sure that they would be no new entrants to this kind of special club. >> in the western press during this crisis or uprising in syria, it was always described as the commercial center of the country. tell us about that activity. >> for several hundred years, if not more, it was basically sort of the meeting point between europe and asia. and has always...
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currently living on it as free people who have property rights to it, codified in protected by the rule of law. now, how many countries in the world is impossible to have a group of people who were once slaves on a piece of property a few generations later actually own the property? that they were living on. that they are being on. so this makes this place absolutely amazing. yes, of course we noticed that progress in our country by having a black family in the oval office. there are not too many countries around the world where you would see some dominant cultures rise to that, that level, that status, in just a few generations after movements like the civil rights movement. so it's amazing to me, and i personally am delighted to think about what is it about this country, what is it about our founding principles that allow someone like myself to be a descendent of slaves, to be standing in front of a group of people having earned a ph.d, standing in front of this heritage foundation backdrop speaking to you about my second book? to me, it's just an amazing narrative about the potential of fre
currently living on it as free people who have property rights to it, codified in protected by the rule of law. now, how many countries in the world is impossible to have a group of people who were once slaves on a piece of property a few generations later actually own the property? that they were living on. that they are being on. so this makes this place absolutely amazing. yes, of course we noticed that progress in our country by having a black family in the oval office. there are not too...
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these laws. -- we were the first ever in the country to have these laws. it is a basic right. he used every brutal tactics, every unfair approach. i served in the wisconsin state senate for 10 years and he broke every tradition and he had a desire to destroy this lot. he has succeeded for now. i was over 1 million people to sign the petition to recall this governor. we do have a recall law, so what is it for? it is for a situation for when a governor has waged war on the working people of the state in a way that no one could have predicted that has divided families and friends, but a state that it usually very genteel and cooperative, community-oriented, and he has turned it into a war zone. we need to reverse that. i think we have a good chance of replacing that probably as soon as early june. host: our last call view is from kansas. a republican. caller: good morning. how are you today? guest: fine, thanks. caller: i just recently completed "the world american made." one of the points he makes
these laws. -- we were the first ever in the country to have these laws. it is a basic right. he used every brutal tactics, every unfair approach. i served in the wisconsin state senate for 10 years and he broke every tradition and he had a desire to destroy this lot. he has succeeded for now. i was over 1 million people to sign the petition to recall this governor. we do have a recall law, so what is it for? it is for a situation for when a governor has waged war on the working people of the...
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also teaches transnational law at stanford law school. previously served as legal adviser to the state department under president reagan and s u.s. district judge in new york v. now on to the program. there are question cards. please write down any questions you have for a professor john yoo. those, of course, will be collected during the program also want to remind you that teaming globalization is on sale, and he will be pleased to sign then immediately following the program. the commonwealth club is a nonpartisan organization, and we estimate our speakers be allowed to make their remarks without interruption. we encourage you to write and submit questions. and will now pause for one moment and then begin the program for our radio television and. stock fund good evening and look into tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club california. the place where you're in an el reedy confine this on the internet at commonwealth club of toward. i'm skipper roads, pastor of the commonwealth clubs board of directors and your chair for today's progr
also teaches transnational law at stanford law school. previously served as legal adviser to the state department under president reagan and s u.s. district judge in new york v. now on to the program. there are question cards. please write down any questions you have for a professor john yoo. those, of course, will be collected during the program also want to remind you that teaming globalization is on sale, and he will be pleased to sign then immediately following the program. the commonwealth...
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here you saw intelligence provided by people who have been detained under the laws of war, electronic surveillance producing more intelligence, all put together to look at where osama bin laden had been hiding, and then the use of military force to go out and kill him or under the rules of the criminal justice system, which administrations of both political parties had used in their approach to terrorism before 9/11, we would have instead indicted osama bin laden and sit people down to try to arrest him, after he had committed a crime. they switched to the approach of war made our policy for looking, to try to stop people like osama bin laden and terrorist groups from attacking the united states before they could attack. the second lesson i would draw from the last 10 years, and also helps us to look forward, is that after 9/11 we treated intelligence and information differently. we tried to broaden the scope of intelligence available, and to deepen it. so to take one example before 9/11, because of civil liberties concerns which i think were quite valid other time that they're put in
here you saw intelligence provided by people who have been detained under the laws of war, electronic surveillance producing more intelligence, all put together to look at where osama bin laden had been hiding, and then the use of military force to go out and kill him or under the rules of the criminal justice system, which administrations of both political parties had used in their approach to terrorism before 9/11, we would have instead indicted osama bin laden and sit people down to try to...
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this idea, that people really are naturally equal and that natural rights, there is such a thing as a law quonhohin elywe are endow qiolhe he quon nhe cotion actually framed in light of the declaration , what the lessons are to be learned from the history of th a sje to kerica and all tho y. >>orti obo ecisoefrs otherits visited by our local content vehicles go to crisf obrg / local content to. niraer tht herent s o t ee at e wen's natnal republican club in new york city for about an hour. ant thx s cnn syic rad program the monica crowley show. shalso has been a regular panelist on the madonna and a shd afoig riar non from 1990 until his death in 1994 and broke two st sellers about her experiences xon ndix winter. she also has written for the new yorker, the "wall street journal", the los aes times fon tihe hp lectured at yale university, columbia university and mit ol t mteeges wee al y dr. monica. in a recent interview on her new bookhat t bepust guto gmenwarors ba onay president obama is redistributing everything that ou wh, a oica great, j li oull peur borders, and our very exceptiona
this idea, that people really are naturally equal and that natural rights, there is such a thing as a law quonhohin elywe are endow qiolhe he quon nhe cotion actually framed in light of the declaration , what the lessons are to be learned from the history of th a sje to kerica and all tho y. >>orti obo ecisoefrs otherits visited by our local content vehicles go to crisf obrg / local content to. niraer tht herent s o t ee at e wen's natnal republican club in new york city for about an...
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with when he -- just breaking the law. when he got caught in the administration was trying to save his presidency, they invented a brand new radically expanded docket rain of presidential power that a president alone can direct any war-related action anywhere on earth even in direct con try base even by a law pass bier congress. bizarre idea, which i think was cooked up on the spot to save his butt at the end. that became the basis of the political life of a obscure wyoming congressman named dick cheney. and that became unexpectedly important years later when congress' previous must larty on issues of war and not war actually went lobby. and then dick cheney, as white house chief of staff and later as defense secretary came up with something that was secure to the alabama rams docket rip. instead of managing sure that the manpower needs engaged whole country, he restructured the thing that so that the needs of the milling tear would be met as quietly as possible. with as little civilian upset as possible. had would be met
with when he -- just breaking the law. when he got caught in the administration was trying to save his presidency, they invented a brand new radically expanded docket rain of presidential power that a president alone can direct any war-related action anywhere on earth even in direct con try base even by a law pass bier congress. bizarre idea, which i think was cooked up on the spot to save his butt at the end. that became the basis of the political life of a obscure wyoming congressman named...
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hamas has closed opinions about many issues like sharia law, is real, united states, they could walk together to find a way. i do not want to an ex the baidu think they should be connected to jordan and egypt. it cannot happen tomorrow. we will have to wait. two years ago we would have told to the president would be caged in jail in cairo you would think i am in st.. today tell you the long term should be the linkage between the palestinians and jordan and those in the gaza with egypt. things change repast we have to put forward what we think is best. >> i see that as dangerous and there is also a moral issue. thank you will. >> i was in jerusalem 1973 when the war broke out as 71 not send weapons to the middle east because we do not want to encourage the war that has just guarded which sounded noble but at the same time they were sending weapons to the syrians and egyptians. my concern is with the fiery and gets the atomic bomb unquestioned is not that the egyptians will say we want the same toy but the point* is the egyptians or suni this garcetti arabia are suni is and the iranian
hamas has closed opinions about many issues like sharia law, is real, united states, they could walk together to find a way. i do not want to an ex the baidu think they should be connected to jordan and egypt. it cannot happen tomorrow. we will have to wait. two years ago we would have told to the president would be caged in jail in cairo you would think i am in st.. today tell you the long term should be the linkage between the palestinians and jordan and those in the gaza with egypt. things...
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>> unfortunately it was not. some of my in-laws were there and were able to get out. my wife and children did not come to tehran. it was what in the foreign service we would call and accompanied post without families. they stayed -- we had bee saudi arabia before, and they stayed on in saudi arabia which is a very good place for them and was a great relief for me being captive and knowing that they were safe and in a secure place. >> finally any ptsd issues for u? >> not that i'm aware of. i know it hasn't been easy -- i is not easy for some people. as far as you can tell, probably, peter, my therapy is talking about it and talking about these issues. once in awhile things come back about the incident. but as i said to you, the damage done to us i think is much less than what was done to our iranian friends and relatives. >> we've been talking on booktv with professor john limbert come author of this book, "negotiating with iran rustling the ghosts of history." you are
>> unfortunately it was not. some of my in-laws were there and were able to get out. my wife and children did not come to tehran. it was what in the foreign service we would call and accompanied post without families. they stayed -- we had bee saudi arabia before, and they stayed on in saudi arabia which is a very good place for them and was a great relief for me being captive and knowing that they were safe and in a...
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the quick answer is law school. most of the students i've worked with who have been minors, majors in women's studies go to law school. they do very well. a lot of women and men do work on women and development, often in africa, southeast asia, south america. they build women's shelters. they run agencies. many go to work for nonprofits, ngos. some do, you know, website design for women's organizations or become directors of women's shelters. i have lots of students who do internships with the different groups in d.c., whether it's planned parenthood or working for -- a little bit of international focus, too. there's also a lot of students who will minor in women's studies and they combine it with a health degree. they're going to be nurses, doctors. there's a lot of folks who are looking at the impact of more access to education on girls and women in the rest of the developing world. and these include students who are going to go work for the west bank world bank -- world bank. >> when did the women's studies movem
the quick answer is law school. most of the students i've worked with who have been minors, majors in women's studies go to law school. they do very well. a lot of women and men do work on women and development, often in africa, southeast asia, south america. they build women's shelters. they run agencies. many go to work for nonprofits, ngos. some do, you know, website design for women's organizations or become directors of women's shelters. i have lots of students who do internships with the...
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beyond the speedometer to protect civilians and playing -- >> [inaudible] >> basis for international law -- what's that like for the future? >> well, i think in this case, in terms of the responsibility of the set to protect doctrine is one of the reasons the united states wanted to intervene, you know, on some level in this conflict was to beef up the case for the r2t doctrine, and intergnarl law is a fuzzy, sort of a subject and so some degree, built on a large degree on precedent. i have to say the united states intervenedded in libya back in -- intervened in libya back in the early 1800s to support basically to fund a rebellion in benghazi that would move forward taking out the unfriendly -- >> [inaudible] >> they were attacking our ships, and, well, yeah, i mean, we could -- >> [inaudible] >> what would have happened if here's the preventative doctrine, and what would have happenedded, and president obama made this comment in the debate. if we left gadhafi in power, you know, with, you know, agitated, with his mercurial mood and tendency to blow up lots of airplanes, you know, i thi
beyond the speedometer to protect civilians and playing -- >> [inaudible] >> basis for international law -- what's that like for the future? >> well, i think in this case, in terms of the responsibility of the set to protect doctrine is one of the reasons the united states wanted to intervene, you know, on some level in this conflict was to beef up the case for the r2t doctrine, and intergnarl law is a fuzzy, sort of a subject and so some degree, built on a large degree on...
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um, so, an egypt that's built around rule of law and a
um, so, an egypt that's built around rule of law and a
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and then at the same time trying to promote a rule of law within the country to work against corruption and more transparency and not even imposing respecting the constitution and the laws that were implemented and being very successful on the economic side. so no one today is talking about the islamists that are implementing sharia. and what was said about turkey, by the way, i'm saying this without idealizing. i'm quite critical of some of the decisions and some of the visions and only of the -- some of the policies that are implemented. i am critical. and when i was asked about, you know, what is happening in egypt, say is turkey the model, i say there is no good model. even the united states of america is not a model if you are serious about freedom, dignity and also the power of the state. because i'm ready to talk about -- i will come to that point about separating, you know, the state from religion. but if you separate or distinguish the state from religion, tell me what you put instead of religion. because what we are facing in the west now -- and we all know this as citizens --
and then at the same time trying to promote a rule of law within the country to work against corruption and more transparency and not even imposing respecting the constitution and the laws that were implemented and being very successful on the economic side. so no one today is talking about the islamists that are implementing sharia. and what was said about turkey, by the way, i'm saying this without idealizing. i'm quite critical of some of the decisions and some of the visions and only of the...
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wind during the israel has the law, and president bush lean over to blair. whenever he used to :. he said, you know, if we can get this serious you can put a four-letter expletive, then that will calm the situation. and what was interesting about that comment and bush did not like after 2003 and for. is to about that comment. i said, what to you think of that comment by president bush caught on tape? and, again, have expected him to say typical this, typical. he said to my love it. i love it. because that means there thinking about me. they're worried about me. and ways that is part of syrian foreign policy is having some sort of leverage. it's a fairly weak kutcher militarily. the levers they have is to the support of has the look, a run, thomas, the palestinian territory. that is their leverage. as the up to mothers weather that point to give up those things. very enlightening. is important that syria is seen as if they have more for fabrics and they do. >> don't you think that mr. assad is fulfilling his father's dream? that was the whole thing, that he went in and he ruthlessl
wind during the israel has the law, and president bush lean over to blair. whenever he used to :. he said, you know, if we can get this serious you can put a four-letter expletive, then that will calm the situation. and what was interesting about that comment and bush did not like after 2003 and for. is to about that comment. i said, what to you think of that comment by president bush caught on tape? and, again, have expected him to say typical this, typical. he said to my love it. i love it....
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i'm a research associate with the public law, and international policy group. and my question pertains to syria. how do you characterize the ongoing conflict from there? recent news reports have characterized it as an emerging sectarian conflict. do you think that it is a conflict defined primarily in opposition to the government of president assad or do you believe it's a more emerging sectarian conflict in the region? >> look, when i was writing, you know, on my wshes, i was trying to write every week on article that was happening for eight months. the youth administration and the west were not really supporting a change in syria. you remember that for eight month, they were asking bashar allah assad to reform it was coming from the european countries and the state. at one point it was clear that the massive demonstration were not to be controlled. something has to be done because the people were not happy him. they change because they have to deal with who can we trust in the position? we have islamist and some who are very much against the american administ
i'm a research associate with the public law, and international policy group. and my question pertains to syria. how do you characterize the ongoing conflict from there? recent news reports have characterized it as an emerging sectarian conflict. do you think that it is a conflict defined primarily in opposition to the government of president assad or do you believe it's a more emerging sectarian conflict in the region? >> look, when i was writing, you know, on my wshes, i was trying to...
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intervene on some level in this conflict, to beef up the case for the r2p doctrine, and international law is of fuzzy sort of subject and to some degree it is built on president. the united states, have to say, intervened in libya back in the early 1800's to support the basically where billion that would then move forward into account the unfriendly -- >> attacking our ships. >> yes. i mean, we can -- well, but what would have happened if -- here is a preventative doctrine. what would happen, and president obama makes this comment in the debate. if we had left him in power, you know, agitated with his your career omitted in tendency the blow up airplanes, i think that would have been an absolute disaster. i mean, i'm not in international air. and not in any position to debate the fine a point of that, but i think effectively this was a well played intervention. if anything else on the moral side think we have a responsibility to in some way, even the playing field because we are responsible to a large degree in empowering qaddafi for several years and giving him the means with which to su
intervene on some level in this conflict, to beef up the case for the r2p doctrine, and international law is of fuzzy sort of subject and to some degree it is built on president. the united states, have to say, intervened in libya back in the early 1800's to support the basically where billion that would then move forward into account the unfriendly -- >> attacking our ships. >> yes. i mean, we can -- well, but what would have happened if -- here is a preventative doctrine. what...
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law. he's the american spokesman on international law. he was the dean of yale law school. he gave a major speech last week at georgetown law. harold coe wrote, quote: domestic courts must play a major role in coordinating u.s. domestic constitutional rules with the rules of foreign and international law to advance the broader development of a well-functioning international judicial system. well, think about that for a minute. american courts can't coordinate the law from international law. they won't have much influence over bear national law and foreign law, but they can coordinate american law. that's the influence american courts have. so in other words by definition, if this is true, if we coordinate american law with foreign international law, he would have to subordinate american law to foreign international law. it's the only way this would logically work. the fourth person i'm going to talk about for a minute is anne marie slaughter. she was head of the office of policy and planni
law. he's the american spokesman on international law. he was the dean of yale law school. he gave a major speech last week at georgetown law. harold coe wrote, quote: domestic courts must play a major role in coordinating u.s. domestic constitutional rules with the rules of foreign and international law to advance the broader development of a well-functioning international judicial system. well, think about that for a minute. american courts can't coordinate the law from international law....
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. >> and now, john yoo looks at the role international law place for u.s. legal system and argues congress and the executive ranch, not the courts should be in charge of enforcing or not enforcing international agreements. as about an hour and 10 minutes. >> or do you welcome to today's meeting that the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know. and skipper as can the pastor of the commonwealth sports club of governors in her chair for today's program. please now make sure all cell phones, pdas and other noisemaking devices are turned off and i did not turn minos, so i will do that now. we will get underway in just a minute, the first to tell you about that governing programs. next wednesday, march 20, jennifer granholm, former michigan governor for al gore's current tv will discuss the political landscape. this will be a new program at the commonwealth club in san francisco. and on thursday, march 22nd, dr. roy santos, professor and director yale university's comparative code nation laboratory was also known as the monkey whisper
. >> and now, john yoo looks at the role international law place for u.s. legal system and argues congress and the executive ranch, not the courts should be in charge of enforcing or not enforcing international agreements. as about an hour and 10 minutes. >> or do you welcome to today's meeting that the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know. and skipper as can the pastor of the commonwealth sports club of governors in her chair for today's program....
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his move on illegal immigration, a violation of the co-ual viio tulw.fvent a di utey aosic laws he' going to enforce and which ones he won't. that's not a constitutional republic, that's a banana republic. and then last week ioking executive privege overhe aur mes gel. ane he b constitutional abuse. so you can't even keep up with all of the madness that's come out of this administration. so what the [bleep] happened to erica, what has happenedo haed tradional rocket path of economic growth that america has always been so famous for? ye even when we've experienced a great depression or recessions, we alws knew that eyould bor a oranatn c wwomeoang back. it's not the case this time. why? what the [bleep] just happened? eahaerazhach inde bt amassed that much debt. no nation on earth. 100% debt to gdp ratio right now in the united states. what the [bleep]? socialized medicine inhe so as went about, um, writing the book, it occurred to me and ronnie touched on this because this is one of the central arguments of the book -- weofrsamrte to write i tht sttieahet me a socialist. in fact, i have a
his move on illegal immigration, a violation of the co-ual viio tulw.fvent a di utey aosic laws he' going to enforce and which ones he won't. that's not a constitutional republic, that's a banana republic. and then last week ioking executive privege overhe aur mes gel. ane he b constitutional abuse. so you can't even keep up with all of the madness that's come out of this administration. so what the [bleep] happened to erica, what has happenedo haed tradional rocket path of economic growth that...
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>> it's going to be on a tentative law known as possession is nine tenths of the law. he who drills the oil, he who possesses the oil owns and controls the oil. we see that today in libya. who's actually possessing the oil? the guys who are possessing the oil get the benefit of the oil. but remember, as soon as oil is out of the ground, it loses its value. and so as oil is kept in the ground, as it's kept more scarce, the price of oil goes up. so whatever is going on in kirkuk -- and that issue that you talked about was litigated for years in the international courts. and turkey lost. they were voted down and the current dispute really will be solved the way all other disputes are in the oil business, the man who's got it keeps it. dies and fights to keep it and keeps the money. who else has a question, yes, please. >> in all of your discussion -- >> my bad back. >> in all of your discussion, you failed to mention how american oil companies got? exxon, mobile, how were they able to -- >> okay. well, i left out about 99% of the book 'cause i'm hoping you all go get the
>> it's going to be on a tentative law known as possession is nine tenths of the law. he who drills the oil, he who possesses the oil owns and controls the oil. we see that today in libya. who's actually possessing the oil? the guys who are possessing the oil get the benefit of the oil. but remember, as soon as oil is out of the ground, it loses its value. and so as oil is kept in the ground, as it's kept more scarce, the price of oil goes up. so whatever is going on in kirkuk -- and that...
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law. and similarly any measure of justice or accountability as it relates to the holocaust or any other genocide will largely be realized through law. ellie wazell said a memorial unresponsive to the future would violate the memory of the past. this museum embodies the commitment of the holocaust memory will stand in perpetuity to effect a better future. that is a commitment we all must share. this evening's program will be extraordinary. we have an incredibly distinguished panel and to introduce that panel, i'm very pleased to introduce merit chertoff, director of the aspen's institute's justice and society program. merrill? of >> thank you very much for that very kind introduction. i want to thank mike on the community of conscience and the leadership of the museum for organizing this evening and on behalf of walter isaacson and the aspen institute how glad we're partnering on this important event but partnering on this particular subject comes to us naturally. i'm proud to say harold co
law. and similarly any measure of justice or accountability as it relates to the holocaust or any other genocide will largely be realized through law. ellie wazell said a memorial unresponsive to the future would violate the memory of the past. this museum embodies the commitment of the holocaust memory will stand in perpetuity to effect a better future. that is a commitment we all must share. this evening's program will be extraordinary. we have an incredibly distinguished panel and to...
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law school. his score is unknown. the new york times one to interview people who knew him when he was a student at columbia. but even his classmates, people may have room with him or janitors to clinch his apartment. they could not find a single person alive who knew him. he flatly refused to provide any such information. obama recently named to grow by who dated him, claims that she was the girlfriend that he refers to in his own book, but the stories don't match. and when maraniss went to obama obama said, have fostered or friends which is interesting because none of them have come forward. no journalist has ever interviewed one. so this is a man with many black holes in his biography. and i think this is the result, when we are doing our film we would be in hawaii, indonesia, talk to people who are related to the obama's, knew his dad, mom, has mobs thesis adviser and ask them, well, when were you last interviewed and there were light, we have never been interviewed. incredibly this is the big
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the first one is rule of law. the second is equal citizenship for all, all the citizens, muslims and other faiths or no faith at all. the third one is universal suffrage. it's a majority. the fourth one is accountability. when you're elected you are elected, you have to come back to the citizens to be checked, not to be democracy elected for life as we had with us on and the family. so this is what we had with the world before. the fifth what is judiciary of authority. and differentiating the state from religion when it comes to power. meaning by this it's not because -- you are divorcing th two. in the united states of america you know the separation is exactly the same as european secretaries. for example, when you talk about this in france, we are the only secular society. the united states of america is not a secular society because you have, you can't in france say god bless france. you can't say that. that's mixing, confusing everything. so even though you can think about it but you can't say it. but point i
the first one is rule of law. the second is equal citizenship for all, all the citizens, muslims and other faiths or no faith at all. the third one is universal suffrage. it's a majority. the fourth one is accountability. when you're elected you are elected, you have to come back to the citizens to be checked, not to be democracy elected for life as we had with us on and the family. so this is what we had with the world before. the fifth what is judiciary of authority. and differentiating the...
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do you think sharia law will become popular in this country? father's vote? and how we warn about this? >> there's a lot of people doing extraordinary work. my great friend, frank gaffney. >> these are people doing heroic work because it is true that the muslim brotherhood and other sos have made very serious rosensweig government nhr society. remember, there's a couple different forms of jihads. we think of the burgeoning mediaone, which is the violent jihad. if al qaeda, hezbollah and hamas. she made the more serious side is the longer-range debt about robert spencer calls the south jihads and that is the muslim brotherhood and the other islamist organizations take it in under the radar and three demographics they get in, start demanding more and more rights and before you know what they start altering the constitution, laws come in the very fabric of your society. they've done it to great effect in western europe. i don't know if any of you up in the way to western europe. grape written, germany, france. it looks like what your cause your baby. and no long
do you think sharia law will become popular in this country? father's vote? and how we warn about this? >> there's a lot of people doing extraordinary work. my great friend, frank gaffney. >> these are people doing heroic work because it is true that the muslim brotherhood and other sos have made very serious rosensweig government nhr society. remember, there's a couple different forms of jihads. we think of the burgeoning mediaone, which is the violent jihad. if al qaeda, hezbollah...
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to the rotary's and then somebody will say something and suddenly he's back in the battle of the old law being in the snow and then he's back in front of the rotary, and then he's in his office and some wear on the plan that at the far end of the universe where he's safe and there's someone who loves him and time has no meaning and then he's back again to read this book with its long chronology, with its flashback schumer and moments of terror really seemed to capture what a lot of us were feeling. so, when i finished mockingbird and i was looking around for another subject of biography, first of all, i wanted to know who hasn't had a biography written about him or her? and who had a big impact on people my age? well, kurt vonnegut came to mind right away and i was surprised he had in fact never had a biography written about him and it turned out he was a little bit miffed that nobody had ever taken the time. half a century of writing 14 books in print and nobody had ever written a biography of him. so, i wanted to find out who was kurt vonnegut, the author of the books that suddenly bec
to the rotary's and then somebody will say something and suddenly he's back in the battle of the old law being in the snow and then he's back in front of the rotary, and then he's in his office and some wear on the plan that at the far end of the universe where he's safe and there's someone who loves him and time has no meaning and then he's back again to read this book with its long chronology, with its flashback schumer and moments of terror really seemed to capture what a lot of us were...
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the law changed everything. a friend of david moss avis sense of pleasure those that loved to gamble to find out if your number came up. with limited liability it became fun. people have to enjoy life so be designed things that give you that feeling. it has been the source of innovation because it looks like they play a game but karl marx said we should shut it down. but after years of experimentation maybe we have to let people indulge. i want to talk about the future and the hideous that i talk about. and then move more into the wild future. tomorrow, obama has said he will sign good jobs act. that is a little misleading. is called jump-start business start-ups. it is called jobs. [laughter] but this jobs act was created response to a request from internet website providers to wanted to create a crowd when dain website for entrepreneurs. thank you tried to sell your business, you can put up on the website two sayre looking for money but investors all over the world can send money and you could start a business
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since congress put this into the law, they're just as capable of taking it out of the law. >> we have time for just two more questions, one here and one there. let's go to this microphone. >> general powell, it's an honor and privilege. thank you for being here tonight. i was wondering if you could expound on some leadership principles that you took away from your experience in the bush office, specifically president bush coming in, being seen as a relatively young and inexperienced individual but packing his cabinet with really, you know, strong veterans, but also veterans who had very strong personalities that in the prelude to the iraq war often clashed and created a -- [inaudible] in leadership. so what team leadership advice can you give to leading a team well that has such strong personalities? >> yeah, strong personalities don't necessarily create a conflict, and bush 41, george herbert walker bush, the personalities were very strong as well. to include some of the personalities from the second bush first term, me, mr. cheney and others. and we got along well. this time around
since congress put this into the law, they're just as capable of taking it out of the law. >> we have time for just two more questions, one here and one there. let's go to this microphone. >> general powell, it's an honor and privilege. thank you for being here tonight. i was wondering if you could expound on some leadership principles that you took away from your experience in the bush office, specifically president bush coming in, being seen as a relatively young and inexperienced...
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we were the first state in the country to have this law. governors of both parties have always understood that it's a good thing to have collective bargaining in this area, and it's a basic right. he used every brutal tactic, every unfair approach you can use, and i know because i served in the wisconsin cincinnati senate for ten years -- state senate for ten years. in a hell-bent desire to destroy this law, and he's succeeded for now. but instead we're saying -- and i was one of over a million people that signed a petition to recall him. what's it for? i think it's for a situation where a governor has completely waged war on the working people of the state this a way that no one could have predicted and that has divided families and friends and put a state that is usually very genteel and cooperative and community-oriented, he's turned it into sort of a form of a war zone. so we need to reverse that, and we think we've got a good chance of replacing him in probably as soon as early june. >> host: our last call for you is from kansas, this
we were the first state in the country to have this law. governors of both parties have always understood that it's a good thing to have collective bargaining in this area, and it's a basic right. he used every brutal tactic, every unfair approach you can use, and i know because i served in the wisconsin cincinnati senate for ten years -- state senate for ten years. in a hell-bent desire to destroy this law, and he's succeeded for now. but instead we're saying -- and i was one of over a million...
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the law has to be enforced the matter what. and in the end when the judiciary committee acted on a bipartisan basis, the impeachment of richard nixon, the country overwhelmingly supported that verdict. and what did that tell us? that more important than any political party, and more important than any president of the united states, and more important than any single person coming and more important than any ideology was the bedrock principal of the rules law and the preservation of our constitution. and americans united on that scene regardless how they voted just about a year-and-a-half before that. we are not talking about ancient history. people put behind them their own partisan views and said what is good for the country and the one standard of law is critical. so i said that's a really important principle and i believed in it, too. and then, we got the bush years. the accountability principles pretty much worked. i won't say they were perfect. we got to the bush years and things changed. and so, oddly and michael officer
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wrong to perpetuate a system that plainly failed to enforce equal treatment and protection under the law. this proposition would eventually be accepted by the nation as a whole thanks in large measure to the extensive news coverage of the civil rights movement by the network television news broadcast. and so with the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965 were all passed, it could be said that this was their finest hour. it is golden age of television or in its golden days television network news had greatest influence mainly because it rejected extremas a red hat as is symbols and questions journalistic integrity and absolute and in so doing contrary to peace and stability in both foreign and domestic news. the daily arguments in the news service or not partisan, nor were they about what start would be most interested or titillating him or music. the debates were about the most intensively aboard the leg that had happened that day that the people needed to know to make them better citizens. but as the sage of cbs news put it, it's not my job to tell people what to th
wrong to perpetuate a system that plainly failed to enforce equal treatment and protection under the law. this proposition would eventually be accepted by the nation as a whole thanks in large measure to the extensive news coverage of the civil rights movement by the network television news broadcast. and so with the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965 were all passed, it could be said that this was their finest hour. it is golden age of television or in its golden days...
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international law. if you take out a regime and there are 25, 27 million people standing there, you're in charge. so if you break it, you own it was the expression i used. and we talked about it for a while, what that meant, what it could, the implications could be. and he said what do you think we ought to do? and i said, mr. president, i think we ought to try to avoid the war, and let's go to the u.n. they're the offended party. and see if we can get the u.n. to act and get a resolution that will put the inspectors back in and see if saddam really wallets to play by the -- wants to play by the rules and and turn over everything he has and give us all the information he has. the president agreed. and in september of 2002 he went before the u.n., september 12th, and made the case for the u.n. to get engaged, send inspectors back and pass necessary resolutions. i worked on the resolution draft for seven weeks, and we got a resolution in early november from the u.n. putting saddam on notice and also deman
international law. if you take out a regime and there are 25, 27 million people standing there, you're in charge. so if you break it, you own it was the expression i used. and we talked about it for a while, what that meant, what it could, the implications could be. and he said what do you think we ought to do? and i said, mr. president, i think we ought to try to avoid the war, and let's go to the u.n. they're the offended party. and see if we can get the u.n. to act and get a resolution that...
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my family, my wife, our son to just graduated from college and my brother-in-law, steve, thank you all for joining me tonight. it makes it very special. the topic is intelligence. why is that important? why will it be of greater importance, and what should we do? we as citizens. i include myself in that category, private citizens. i left government service more than five years ago, and as i reflect back on my many years in the government, 24 with the cia and 18 months serving under secretary rice for counterterrorism, and follow current events, i believe that intelligence is going to be a much greater importance. why is that? primarily because of the growing complexity our nation faces and the battlefield and the marketplace, really all the aspects of life. there are three variables that i would like to underscore very briefly that i think impact on this global landscape. the first is the asymmetry of power. 9/11, 19 guys with box cutters, did they compel us to spend may be $2 trillion? that is breathtaking he think about it. the impact of a single cameraman working for al qaeda with h
my family, my wife, our son to just graduated from college and my brother-in-law, steve, thank you all for joining me tonight. it makes it very special. the topic is intelligence. why is that important? why will it be of greater importance, and what should we do? we as citizens. i include myself in that category, private citizens. i left government service more than five years ago, and as i reflect back on my many years in the government, 24 with the cia and 18 months serving under secretary...
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>> first question about martial law. i won't speculate on that. i think we have plenty to go on with what obama is actually doing. we can assess the things he has done and we can infer what the next steps might be. if obama is reelected i think those of us who believe in a different dream -- i am an immigrant. i believe in the american dream. the great paradox is i am a fair world guy. obama is an american-born guy embracing a third world ideology. we have traveled opposite have. it is easier to pull a fence down than to . it is easier to pull a fence down than to build 5 of the. there's resilience in the american people. obama didn't disclose who he was the. people voted their best ideals. this is a symbol of america getting beyond its racial past. it would be great to have a president who looks like obama and represents what obama represents. obama knew that. he was able to use that hidden power. four years ago we didn't know obama. now we do. real decisionmaking power is not in his hands or my hands but the hands of the american people. [applau
>> first question about martial law. i won't speculate on that. i think we have plenty to go on with what obama is actually doing. we can assess the things he has done and we can infer what the next steps might be. if obama is reelected i think those of us who believe in a different dream -- i am an immigrant. i believe in the american dream. the great paradox is i am a fair world guy. obama is an american-born guy embracing a third world ideology. we have traveled opposite have. it is...
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there's no such thing as a court of law in much of yemen. poverty is rising and the regime family members are all by the united states some going to go by the people that say sharia law is the only way to bring law and order to our community, and what i saw there and in somalia was not people flocking to al qaeda but people's own indigenous belief system starting to emerge closer and closer to that of the al qaeda political message so the united states is creating the very reality that didn't exist but they claim to be fighting and they are making it real. >> you have to extend that to the world. that is the one thing i was going to say when you start to talk about what we are doing militarily it can sound awesome. i think the new version of our military first policy from the offshore version is going to turn out to be another disaster and i think it is worth remembering for history to go back to the demonstrations you talked about for a little part of history of the world in 1990's we set out you could call them our economic jihadis. they h
there's no such thing as a court of law in much of yemen. poverty is rising and the regime family members are all by the united states some going to go by the people that say sharia law is the only way to bring law and order to our community, and what i saw there and in somalia was not people flocking to al qaeda but people's own indigenous belief system starting to emerge closer and closer to that of the al qaeda political message so the united states is creating the very reality that didn't...
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no such thing as a court of law. i am going to go with the people who say sharia law is the only way to bring law and order to the community. what i saw there and in somalia was not people flocking to al qaeda the people's indigenous belief systems starting to emerge closer and closer to that of the al qaeda political message so the united states is creating the very reality that didn't exist but they claim to be fighting and making it real. you have to extend that to the world. >> when you start to talk about what we're doing militarily it can sound awesome. the new version of our military policy is going to turn out to be another disaster and it is worth remembering to go back to the demonstrations, in the 1990s we send out our economic jihadis to flatten the world. they helped create -- there were many disparities in the world but they help to increase those disparities. in the next decade we send our military first people who blew a hole through the middle of the middle east. these two attacks created the stage -
no such thing as a court of law. i am going to go with the people who say sharia law is the only way to bring law and order to the community. what i saw there and in somalia was not people flocking to al qaeda the people's indigenous belief systems starting to emerge closer and closer to that of the al qaeda political message so the united states is creating the very reality that didn't exist but they claim to be fighting and making it real. you have to extend that to the world. >> when...
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that was not our last conversation but it was a kind of law to this long discussion we had going on for four or five month. i hear the residents of those discussions with my friends 29 years later. twenty-nine years later. but the thing is many things we were expressing are elements that i hear coming into world war i to get back to 1911-1912, that are exposed by world war i, created by world war i or transformed. the big message out of this is -- i am trying to be a historian -- the change between the turks italian war of 1911-1912 which was and material war, colonial war, fighting and italians and turks over control -- it has an over way of religious war because the sultan in folks jihad. political tool to invoke jihad. that is what he is using it as far as to create enthusiasm among the arab tribesmen that the turkish officers are going to use to organize to fight the italians. it is the world's first air war. you saw airpower applied in a very specific way, very helpful way. not decisive. that is libya 2011. air power was first deployed in libya, italians using dirigible's and early
that was not our last conversation but it was a kind of law to this long discussion we had going on for four or five month. i hear the residents of those discussions with my friends 29 years later. twenty-nine years later. but the thing is many things we were expressing are elements that i hear coming into world war i to get back to 1911-1912, that are exposed by world war i, created by world war i or transformed. the big message out of this is -- i am trying to be a historian -- the change...